SELFy VIP: Sara Rue

Actress Sara Rue lost 30 pounds with Jenny Craig (she's not done yet!), and totally adjusted her attitude. "When you empower yourself to make a change, you ask yourself, what else can I conquer?" she told us. Find out!

In the five months since starting the program, the star–who has three movies in the can–has taken up hiking and playing tennis with her fiance (“We don’t play for points, or care if the ball is in the box,” she told us. “We just enjoy chasing the ball and trying to get it over the net!”). She even recently ran a Warrior Dash–a 5K complete with obstacles and costumes. Rue’s long-term fitness goal is a little more ambitious: she plans to run a half-marathon with Jenny Craig’s Valerie Bertinelli in July!

Rue’s number one takeaway from Jenny Craig’s eating plan is so simple, you can do it, too. Think of food as energy, as your battery, and it’s all about balancing your plate: a quarter of your plate should have carbs, another quarter should have protein, and the rest should be fruit and veggies. “Veggies are free,” Rue said of counting calories. “You can eat as many as you want because they’re so good for you!”

She also admitted, “I’m not perfect, and I’ve messed up. But the program allows for that. The whole point of Jenny is to live the life you want.”